Mucor hiemalis

Mucor hiemalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Zygomycota
Class: Zygomycetes
Subclass: Incertae sedis
Order: Mucorales
Family: Mucoraceae
Genus: Mucor
Species: M. hiemalis
Binomial name
Mucor hiemalis
Wehmer, (1903)

Mucor hiemalis is a fungal plant pathogen.

Morphology and cell structure

M. hiemalis grows in expanding gray colonies. It grows branched sporangiophores that yielding yellow to dark brown sporangia which can mate to form black-brown, spiny zygospores.

Physiology

M. hiemalis is nitrate positive and requires thiamin to grow.

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